Utilizing Definite Realism To Immortalize Pets
On the mantel, pets can live forever thanks to a very talented artist
. She certainly affirms the fact that any dog, pony, cat, or white rat's master will believe that his pet is the best in the world.
The proud owners coax and coo their darlings to come before the camera so they can remember them, and display their likeness on the mantel. But once the shutter captures them, a pet yawns or another droops his ear.
Poor little Willy was eaten up by shadows around him while one of Blue Boy's feet was nowhere to be seen. What was planned to be a perfect pet photographic remembrance became a disaster.
The lady remedies such a quandary by creating a portrait of the beloved little pet while he reflects his special personality in a photo.
It has become a common practice to work from a photograph and many illustrators agree to this. Most pet lovers tend to hand photos of their beloved pets with flaws such as awful lighting, off centered subjects or fuzzy parts but a true master of art has the skill to work with these and still create a superb masterpiece. She avers that she enjoys painting animals so much but people subjects challenge her.
She is keen on getting the subject's spirit. If a person can judge her work, a mishmash of emotions would definitely surface. The picture makes her quite satisfied. Photos taken of human beings would be likened to pet snapshots wherein lighting and composition leave much to be desired while very little of the person's personality or character comes through.
Many times, the snapshot would not be good enough to be enlarged and be displayed. And this is the cue for the portrait painter to come in. She would take a small snapshot to create a very intimate, warm and personable portrait.
With her creative prowess, she changes tone and color and this makes things way effective. She makes sure that she does not deviate from the facts but she skilfully does improvements.
When working with people and creating their portraits, she works in the medium they want her to use in depicting them. As an example, she used pen and ink as well as watercolor to produce the excellent portrait of the local sheriff. She often sticks to this method as seen in most of her masterpieces.
The portrait actually has shadings made of tiny little dots in the material. There are more or less, a hundred thousand dots in the picture. She demonstrated how she was able to come out with the effect, through the use of a rapidograph pen.
This is essential for detail as she explained she can move the pen in any direction when line drawing and it won't spatter like the old ink drawing pens. Handling it is easy apart from the fact that it is extremely smooth.
Signature style is a prerequisite to becoming a great artist. Artworks mean definite realism for this woman and it is not hard to see that.
A passion for horses streamed in during her younger days and now it has evolved into a love for making portraits. She has reaped many a valuable insight during times that she exhibits in various art fairs and shows.
Someone notices her painting in a college library, a Legion Hall, or a private collection and inquiries begin.
And the Midwest learned about her paintings through this. She has always loved people and pet portraits and these has given her satisfaction more than what nude oil paintings and commercial works can ever give her.
by: John Chambers
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